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Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... still yet to do so. McGregor is part of a community exposed to archaic gender rules. Research from the Australian Human Rights Commission shows as many as 11 out of 100 Australians belong to a sexual orientation or gender identity outside the conventional ...

Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... considerations have grown in importance over the last decade, as more investors become aware of the significance of how human rights, labour, environmental and business ethics impact on corporate conduct. "We believe that companies concerned about the ...

BNP launches ESG analytics tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... factors. This includes environmental factors, such as carbon emissions and energy usage; social factors, such as human rights and community relations; and corporate governance factors, such as board diversity and shareholder rights. General manager of ...

AustralianSuper launches new SRI investment option

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... worth of shares divested. The new SRI option will also not invest in companies which have been flagged as having human rights, labour, environmental or governance controversies; as well as tobacco, cluster munitions or landmine producers. Socially Aware ...

CBA embeds ESG into investment, wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... bank has also disclosed the carbon emissions derived from CBA's business lending portfolio. CBA has also developed a Human Rights Position Statement to affirm its "responsibility and commitment to respect human rights across all of our operations."

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... that cover employees of those facilities and the lengths the Australian government has gone to to dissuade media, human rights groups and politicians from visiting these locations, such a move is nothing short of astounding and demonstrates how seriously ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... that the organisation engages with companies on behalf of its members when they have concerns over issues such as human rights, corporate governance or executive remuneration. Transfield is one of the 140 companies that ACSI has engaged with during the ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... non-reviewable nature of detention at asylum seeker processing centres "breaches the fundamental principles of international human rights law." The findings do not fit with HESTA's environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy. "As a responsible ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... from the investment universe if they are involved in causing or perpetuating injustice and suffering; infringing human rights; supporting oppressive regimes; animal testing for cosmetic purposes; having unacceptable environmental management practices ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... best-placed to gather the support required for innovative thinking, for campaigning and for action," Broderick said. The Human Rights Commission has found that single elderly female households experience the highest levels of poverty and are at the greatest ...